Broiler



T. CORRA March 23, 1943.

BROILER Filed Jan. 9, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 22 Z? INVENTOR. Thamas Kara,

March 23, 1943. T, c me 2,314,772

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Patented Mar. 23, 1943 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE BROILER ThomasCorra, New York, N. Y.

Application January 9, 1942, Serial No. 426,132

4 Claims.

The invention here disclosed relates to the broiling of foodstuffs.

Special objects of the invention are to provide for the cooking andparticularly the broiling of such. foods as steaks and chops suspendedvertically between upright charcoal burners; to provide for the readyadjustment of such burners toward and away from each other and the easyplacing and removal of the food material; to provide apparatus whichwill answer such purposes, practical in form and construction, readilykept cleanand sanitary and designed to permit easy replacementor repairof parts.

Other desirable objects and the novel features of the invention by whichall objects are attained are set forth or will appear in the course ofthe following specification.

The drawings accompanying and forming part,

of the specification illustrate one simple commercial embodiment of theinvention. Structure, however, may be modified and changed as regardsthis particular, illustration, all within the true intent of theinvention as hereinafter defined and broadly claimed.

Fig. 1 inthe drawings is a broken plan view of one of the broilers,portions appearing in sec- 7 tion. 1

Fig. 2 is a broken front ,view with parts shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a broken transverse sectional view, as on the line 3-.-3 ofFig. 2.

Fig. ,4 is a broken sectional detail of the upper portion of one of thecharcoal burners, substantially on the plane of line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5.is a broken part sectional detail showing one of the latches forlocking the ash trays'in position in thebottom of the burners.

Fig. 6 is a broken vertical sectional detail as on line 66 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 7 and 8 are front and side views of one of the grills.

The body of the grill-is indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 as made up ofabottom l0, back II and end walls l2 providing a boxlikeenclosure openat the top and front. The length of this enclosure, as indicated in Fig..1, may vary, depending upon the number of :broiler units desired in theone installation. e

In the illustration, one complete broiler unit is illustrated,.eonsistingof two upright charcoal burners or baskets mounted forrelative approaching and separating movement in respect to anintermediately suspended food supporting grill.

The charcoal holders are shown as in the form of thin fiat openworkbaskets made up of U-loent strips, stra'ps, rods, wires or tubes l3secured vertically in closely spaced substantially parallel relation byscrews I4, l5 at the upper ends and intermediate portions to horizontalstrips or bars l6, l1, extending between the front and back end platesI8, l9. These front and back plates are connected across the bottom bythe horizontal portions 20 and they are connected at the top by side'plates 2| extended upwardly on divergent lines to form the hopper-liketroughs 22 for the charcoal.

Attached to the front and back walls of the holders, near the upper endsof the same and approximately at the coolest portions of such holders,at the hopper troughs, are the horizontally disposed sleeves 23. Thesehave easy sliding engagement over horizontally extending rods 24supported at the ends on brackets 25 spaced inwardly away from the fronttop panel 26 and the back wall I I. This spacing allows for upward aircirculation to keepthe supporting rods 24 relatively cool and thesleeves 23 freeto slide easily thereover at all times. The sleeves areshown as internally grooved at the top at 21 to receive graphite orother lubricant which will facilitate smooth sliding movement of thesleeves over the supporting rods.

Movement of the suspended upright charcoal burners is effected in theillustration by a handle 28 which may be of heat insulating material andwhich through a rod or bar 29, sliding in the front to back guideway 30,imparts spreading and collapsing movements to a pair of links 3| pivotedat their inner ends on the bar at 32 and pivoted at 33 at their outerends to brackets 34 on the inner sides of the burners, at or near thelevel of the sliding sleeve supports.

Suitable stops may be provided to limit the movement of the basketstoward and away from each other and in the illustration the mountingbrackets 25 may serve as the stops for limiting the extent of spreadingor separating movement.

The grill for holding the food to be cooked is shown as made up ofwirework sides 35 hingedly caught together at one end at 36 and with thehandles at the opposite end looped together at 31. Suspension loops 38are shown provided at one side of the frame of the grill for easyengagement over the hooks 39 on the supporting bar 40 extending from thefront to the back of the apparatus at an intermediate point between thetwo burners.

A drip pan M is shown supported on the bottom of the broiler beneath thegrill suspension rod 40 and of a width to take in the expanse betweenthe burners in their closely approached position, Fig. 2, said pan beingsloped to drain oil the grease through piping 42.

To collect ashes from the combustion of the charcoal, each burner isshown equipped with a tray 4: resting on the bottom bar 20 and wideenough to extend beyond the U-bars at opposite sides of the burner, thusto collect anything that may drop between the mesh of the bars. Tosupport these trays in laterally slidable relation. bars 44 are shownmounted transversely on the front to back bottom portions 20 of theburner frames to serve as tracks for such trays, these tracks being bentup at the outer ends at 45 to definitely locate the trays in propersupported position. For securing the trays in such position, pivotedgravity latches are shown at 46 on the front portions of the burnerframes adapted to drop down into notches 41 in the front edges of thetrays and having forward handle extensions 48, Fig. 5, by which they maybe released from the trays.

Loops 49 are shown provided on the inner side walls of the trays toreceive a bar 50, which by means of a handle extension may be insertedwhen desired to remove the trays for emptying collected ashes.

By easy back and forward sliding movements the handle 28 can be shiftedto open or to close the burners or to set them at different desireddistances from the grill. The supporting bar 40 is shown equipped withan extra set of oppositely extending hooks 52, Fig. 2, enabling a secondgrill to be hung between'the burners, if that be desired.

The U-bent rods. or strips forming the body portions of the burners areindividually releasible and removable so that any of these burning out,breaking or becoming injured, can be readily removed and replaced. Insome instances it may be found desirable to replace certain of theserods with wider, U-bent sheet metal straps or portions, which will closeup the sides of the burners to the extent of the width of such membersand this 'is easily possible by reason of this removable feature.

If desired, the burners may beire'r'noved as com- .plete units, in theillustration; by simply taking out the bolts 53 which secure the ends ofthe supporting rods to their mounting brackets 25, the cotter pins 54 orother retainers for the ends of the adjusting links 31 being removed atsuch times. Also, or as an alternative, the complete burner units may beremovably attached to the sliding sleeves 23, as by means of readilyaccessible bolt or screw fastenings at 56, Fig. 3.

The grills may be relatively large and heavy and for that reason may bemade as shown in Figs. '7 and 8 with angularly projecting feetextensions 55 on one side section which will support that side in a moreor less upright position while the other side section is released andswung open to receive the material to be cooked.

While particularly designed for cooking more or less fiat material suchas steak, fish and separated portions of fowl, it is realized that thestructure may be utilized as a rotisserie for cooking whole fowl, gameand the like, and in which event, provision is made for journalling thespit or other holder in the intermediate position between the burners.Further, it is contemplated that for such a purpose the spit could bejournalled in supports hung on the hooks 38, 52 provided on the front toback supporting bar 40. such a construction enabling the apparatus to bequickly converted from one use to the other.

The open structure of the apparatus enables it to be easily kept cleanand sanitary. The burners can be widely separated to facilitate suchcleaning operations and to fully open up the apparatus for locating orremoving the grill. The long and practically uninterrupted verticalslots provided by the spaced and parallel U-bent elements of the burnersprovide free circulation of air and constant automatic release of anyashes thus to provide hot clean fire.

What is claimed is:

l. A broiler comprising upright charcoal burners supported in suspended,substantially parallel relation facing each other, means for effectingrelative adjustment of said suspended upright charcoal burners towardand away from each other, a griIL-means for suspending said grill inposition between said charcoal burners, a drip pan extending below bothsaid charcoal burners and removable ash trays at the bottom of andcarried by said burners, above said drip pan.

2. In a broiler, end supports, spaced horizontally extendingsubstantially parallel rods carried by the upper portions of said endsupports at the front and back of the broiler, upright charcoal burnerssuspended from and movably supported by said rods, handle meansconnected with the upper portions of both said burners for effectingsimultaneous relative approaching and separating adjustments of saidburners on said rods and means separate from said burners for removablyand independently supporting a grill in position between said uprightcharcoal burners.

3. A broiler, comprising an upright frame, parallel horizontallyextending rods at the top of said frame and extending along the frontand back portions of the broiler, sleeves slidingly engaged on saidrods, upright charcoal burners suspended from said sleeves, a handleslidingly mounted on the frame between said charcoal burners and movablefrom front to back of the frame, links pivotally connected to said frontand back sliding handle and pivotally connected with the suspendedcharcoal burners and whereby by pushing in or pulling out said handle,the burners will he slid toward or away from each other, a stationarysupporting bar on the frame below said sliding handle and extending fromfront to back of the frame and means carried by said stationary bar forsupporting a grille or the like between said burners.

4. A broiler, comprising a broiler frame having horizontally extendingparallel supports at the upper, front and back portions of the same,charcoal burners extending from front to rear of said frame and havingsleeve elements at the upper frontand back portions of the sameslidingly engaged on said horizontal supports, a handle movably mountedon the upper portion of the frame between said burners and having linksconnected with said burners, whereby operation of said handle willeffect sliding movements of said burners toward and away from eachother, a stationary front to back support on said frame between saidburners for supporting a grille or the like, removable ash traysslidably mounted in the bottom of said burners and means for removablysecuring said ash trays in position and'for holding said ash traysagainst slipping out of position when said burners are shifted toward oraway from each other.

THOMAS CORRA.

